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The position of public health engineer is a continuation and expansion of that of the sanitary engineer who has mainly been concerned with water supply and liquid waste disposal problem s. In addition to these, the public health engineer is concerned with any factor of the environment which affects the health of the individual or the family. His interests have expanded to include milk and food control; so lid waste collection and disposal (garbage and refuse); insect and rodent control; elimination of nuisances; swimming pool, camp, and resort sanitation ; school sanitation ; industrial hygiene; air pollution; and housing and city planning. Each year brings new discoveries and challenges in this already wide field. The job of the public health engineer is one of the most varied and interesting in the public health field. Not only can he apply his engineering knowledge in solving public health problems in his field, but he also has an opportunity to exercise his abilities as an administrator and executive.

During the summer of 1948, a survey made by the Washington State Department of Health revealed that the rat population in Spokane had increased to a point w here it could become a health menace. This information gained added importance when plague wa...

The use of the complement fixation reaction in the diagnosis of disease was first introduced by Bordet and Gengou in 1901. With serum s from individuals suspected of having typhoid fever, combined with typhoid antigens, they were able to demonstrate ...

The dual objectives of the morbidity reporting system, (1) immediate recognition of communicable disease as it occurs in the population and, (2) compilation of data for administrative planning and epidemiological analysis, although w ell known, often...

From a small beginning in 1949, when several cooperative community fly control insecticidal projects were operated in Oklahoma, a comprehensive over-all plan of promotion and operations has been developed. In the conception of a plan for State-wide d...

Salmonella has been known to be associated with food poisoning since shortly after Salmon and Smith (1885) first described a member of the group. Early workers attempted to classify the Salmonella into the following three groups (5) according to path...

There is a rapid awakening throughout the United States to a need for adequate reporting of communicable diseases in animals, particularly those diseases which may be transmitted to man. Several States now have system s for reporting and are working ...

Never has health education been more important than it is today. Improved health of the general public, will be the result when each individual is sufficiently motivated to take the action necessary to retain or to acquire good health. Health educati...

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Office of the Director.

Published:

April 2004

Series:

NIOSH eNews ; v. 1, issue 12

Description:

From the Director's Desk: NIOSH focuses on transferring research to effective prevention practices through the new Research to Practice (r2p) initiative -- World Health Day -- NIOSH Part of Interagency Team Honored by U.S. Public Health Service -- De...